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CRUCIAL TALKS ON INDIA National

Mountbatten Now At Chequers Police

Before College

3 Visitors "Quit India" Before

In 25 Years

New York, May 16. Miss Mary P: Powers, worth $15,000,000, has lived in a New York! hotel sujte for 25 years without emerging once. She has been seen by jonly three visitors.

Miss Powers, a small woman, dresses in Cay Nineties fash tona, has no radio, add AUCA no newspapera,

Her bank manager, a walter, who serves her one daily meal, (and a doctor who seca her once la year, are the only visitors she

han,

Miss Powern is in her early Alxties.

She lives behind barred doors and closed windows, and pays. her $30 daily rental four times each year,

Thene facts were revealed when the Court was naked what an investinext conijiany would do with $25,000 due to her for services as an executrix.

Miss Powers refuses to take the chespie or see the company officials,

June, 1948?

London, May 17. Crucial decisions in the forthcoming talks be- tween the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, and the British Cabinet Indila experts may be taken at Chequers, official country residence of the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, 40 miles ant of London in Buckinghamshire. Parliament rises next week for the Whitsuntide

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recess and the Prime Minister usually leaves London for Chequers on such occasions. Many fateful decisions about India have already been taken at Chequers and it was there in the last Easter recess that Mr. Attlee made up his mind to accept the resignation of Lord Pethick Lawrence, who had wished for some time to be relieved of the burden of the office of Secre- tary of State for India, Chequers is in direct telephone communication with all Whitehall Departments.

London, May 18.

A new National Police

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College is to be opened SHOWING TO-DAY AT 230, 5.15, 7.30, & 9.30 p.m.

in Britain this year.

It will offer an opportunity to overy constable to at himself for alling the highest posts since the future policy in that all cfficern will be drawn froin the runka.

The college will replace former training, establishment the Metropolitan Police College discon- at Hendon--which was Unued during the war.

for

It is proposed thst candidates entrance normally should have served in the ranks for at least five years, but in order that

with Un-

any young constable usual ability may not be held

recommended that back it is

entrants special course for such should also be provided,

cf

The Initial ecst of setting up fe college will be about £20,000. The Whitsuntide recess will tain might elect to leave India with an annual expenditure of leave the Prime Minister free earlier than June, 1948.

$30,000. It will be controlled by to concentrate on the Indian

There is no confirmation in board of problem and

Governors-haif no- will also give London of this suggestion but minated by the Home Secretary

of course the official statement and half by local authorities some respite to other Indin ex-

of Feb. 22 of this year makes composed of representatives perta.

Lord Listowel, Sccrotary of it clear that the "quit India" the various police organisations state for India, Sir Stafford date la "not later than June, in Britain. Chipps, Mr. A. V. Alexander 1218.

Stufles are likely to take the Ford

India Lord Addison,

and senior real. The present problem is that form of junior Under Secretary, Mr. Arthur with only one year to go in dential courses. The former will Henderson and the Dominions ny case, an agreement on pro-last six months and will be for Under-Secretary, Mr. Arthur cedure for actual transfer has sergeants, while the senior course will be of three months duration Bottomley, are li dally answer- still to be reached, alle 16 Parliament wher it is in session.

It la for this reason that Bri. and is to provide uffleers of the tish political quarters place so rank of Inspector and above with "Miss Powers' suite is cover in London, the talks will not Delhi

By calculations of observers much hope on the forthcoming training for higher posts.

Conference. Time i Special courses are being r ed with accumulated dust," said exceed nine days since the pressing, it in argued, and Bri-ranged in additions for oẞleers the hotel manager,

Viceroy is not expected here be-tain has an obligation to dis- and potential officers from over. "She will not allow maids in-fore Tuesday and must be back charge by June of next year. sons constabularies, No fees of side, usually wears a dark, old in Delhi for the opening of the

Meanwhile, London awaits any kind will be charged-Our fashioned dtcss, with a napkin renference with the Indian po- the Viceroy, whose own four Own Correspondent. around her neck, and lives liter-Hilal lenders at which the engined York alreraft-which last week brought Lord Ismay, Lord Mountbatten's Chief-of- Staff, to England-has now flown back to India to fetch the Viceroy.-Reuter.

ally in a mid-Victorian bale,

"Not once in 25 years have clothes been delivered to her." --Our Own Correspondent.

JAP TEXTILES IN MANILA

Manila, May 18.

The Cabinet decided to Bell to the highest bidder a cargo

be

British plan of procedure for

mounced-on June 2. the transfer of power will

Division Probable The Prime Minister has ar- ranged to preside--as he has at all recent vitul negotiations | about India and Rurma-over i all the Viceroy-Cabinet group talks. Preliminary arrange- speedy announcement of the re- munts have been made for a

of 1,800,000 yards of Japanese sults, both in London and Delhi manufactored textiles which

recently arrived here, on the

ground that textiles

are no

on June 2.

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when Parliament reassembles New Holland, May 18. tion strain. Blooms up to longer a critically needed com- for made arrangements for

The Government has not no Three amateur gun-3 inches modity in the islands,

men tried to hold up the MARIGOLDS. Blooms Vicente Savnlvaro,

debate after the Prime Minis-First National Bank; but up acting

to 4". CLEOME manager of the government-

one of their revolvers Salmon-pink. R. 4 ft. for owned National Development text of the announcement, the fell apart and they lost tall

ment. Depending on the con-

borders & Company, said there are more

back- textiles in stock here than in Opposition-which is watching their nerve.

grounds. PORTULACA.

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and, the trio cnptured.

They were: Charles Maley, den, edgings & ground

точея closely-may demand time for discussion of its im plications. A question and an swer type of interrogation is permitted to the House of Com-

nion after statements by Prime Ministers but in the ordinary way the Opposition is no nati fled with this procedure as a means of ventilating an jm- portant subject and presses for a debate to follow.

Political quarters here re- Kard the situation in India as pointing more and more to the inevitability of division rather than unity but the Cabinet is evidently still keen on the pos-

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Price: 60 cents per pkt. The Bank's staff the hold-up as a movie comedy BLOOMLIFE.

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While one walted in a car. two entered the bank brandish- ing nickel-plated revolvers and

announced: "This is a stick-

up!"

As George Kirk, president of the bank, and three employess raised their hands, the gunmon demanded, "Get the money."

Kirk replied: "We havo no

Mission plan of May 16, 1946 | money.” a last chance.

Leaving Date

Just then the cylinder fell from the revolver in the shaking Speculation still focussed hand of one of the

gunmeh. largely Оп the suggestion-Two of the bank employees which one report today, attri-¡ chuckled. buted to the Viceroy-that Bri-

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The gunman reddened, trieved the cylinder, assembled his pistol.

As the gunmen glanced about, enshler John Dick dashed out- side; Kirk ducked under the counter..

Flustered, the three youths fled, but were captured 25 miles away after poliso erected a barricado. Our Owni-Corros- pondent

Belgrade, May 18.

The Information. Ministry an hounced today' that Dragoluwin Javanovic, oppcoltión, membur" of parliament, had been arrested on charges of working for "cortáln foreign services."--Associated Press

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